The Feldenkrais Method and Yoga are generally considered to be two distinct approaches to health and well-being - with different understandings of movement, stillness, intention and process. Recently, however, Yoga students and teachers have been exploring the Feldenkrais Method and, vice versa, Feldenkrais practitioners have become increasingly curious about Yoga. Erifily Nikolakopoulou and...

Our next Feldenkrais Training Program in Milano and Levico, Italy is underway. Enrollment is open through the end of the year. See our Training Page for more information and view some introductory and testimonial videos here. […]. Our new Feldenkrais Practitioner Training Program has begun in Eugene, Oregon. Students can enroll during the first year. See our Training Page for more information...

Feldenkrais Practitioners offerings classes, workshops & private sessions in Seattle, WA. Carrie Lafferty: "Do you have a powerful walk? Pause for a moment while you ponder this question. Notice inside. Does a certain feeling or "image" arise inside of you as you imagine the inner sensation of...

The IFF Distribution Center is dedicated to making the original teachings of Dr. Moshe Feldenkrais available to the expanding profession of global practitioners through our online catalog. Some materials are available to the public. Students and Practitioners may log in to view the full range of...

“After a stressful day, a class with Marion Harris leaves me centred and grounded; physically and emotionally rejuvenated. I feel lucky that we have such a world-class Feldenkrais teacher here in Toronto.” – Joyce Miller, Lawyer. Experience the work featured in Dr. Norman Doidges New York Times...

Anatomy of Attunement is a series of Feldenkrais Awareness Through Movement lessons designed to stimulate the neural substrate required for effective non-verbal engagement toward the goal of corrective relational experiences in psychotherapy. Well attuned non-verbal communication on the part of the therapist, including perception of and expression through facial movements, gestures and body...

Moshe Feldenkrais: Explore the fascinating life and work of Dr. Feldenkrais, greatest thinker in the 20th Century on how to improve movement and function. After reading all the books he could find on anatomy, physiology, and neurology, and completing all the basic medical school courses, Feldenkrais realized that there was no answer on how function was learned and formed. Dr. Feldenkrais began...

I want virtual reality to be healthy to use and useful for the world, but I’m skeptical. Today is launch day for the first premium consumer electronic virtual reality device, the Facebook-owned Oculus Rift. The New York Times and Los Angeles Times have already weighed in this morning. In this “year of virtual reality” I’ve got plans to follow this new consumer tech industry closely, explore...

Because I was moving with the same pre-surgery movement pattern and the trauma of the operation accentuated it. Knowing this I was excited to engage upon the process of learning how to walk, dance and flip again without leg pain. The most effective way I was able to do this was by gaining awareness about the habitual way I used my eyes and by slowly changing it. I discovered that my dominant...

Reduce pain move more easily using Feldenkrais with a Bellevue Feldenkrais and Seattle Feldenkrais office. Classes offered in Bellevue. We all have an innate ability to learn, grow, and refine our movements. Working together, we will use that ability to increase your ease, comfort, efficiency, and fluidity. I work with people who suffer from a wide range of issues including back pain, knee...

Are you looking for physical, mental, emotional or relational pain relief? Do you have marital problems? Are you recovering from injury or illness? Do you have a child with special needs or learning difficulties? Want to turn unhealthy habits into healthy ways of living? Our services include individual hands-on sessions called Functional Integration along with Awareness Through Movement group...

The Feldenkrais Method. Awareness Through Movement lessons are a verbally guided process of movement exploration. Feldenkrais practitioners are also able to bring awareness to an individual’s habitual and frequently self-limiting, emotional and physical behavior patterns. This is accomplished by means of Functional Integration (FI), a gentle non-invasive, hands-on interaction between the...

Reflections on Grace Definition of Grace from Oxford Dictionary: simple elegance or refinement of movement “she moved through the water with effortless grace” Middle English: via Old French from Latin gratia, from gratus ‘pleasing, thankful’; related to grateful. When I think of GRACE, initially I see visions of dancers, skaters, Olympic athletes. As I contemplate […]. When I told her that...

A center for functional improvement in New York City. Private lessons and group classes with highly reputed faculty. Marcy Lindheimer, Director. "I have long been intrigued by this subtle form of retraining the nervous system, which I recommend to patients whose movement has been restricted by injury, cerebral palsy, stroke, fibromyalgia, or chronic pain. I find it [The Feldenkrais Method] to...

Improve movement, improve life. Relief for back pain, shoulder pain, neck pain. Efficient movement for dancers, actors, athletes. Injury rehabilitation. Do you remember when moving was a pleasure? Do you now find yourself sitting much of the day? Perhaps with nagging back pain? Are you ready to recover easy, efficient movement? Or would you like to expand from easy to powerful? Or discover...

Conscious Movements offers Feldenkrais in Troy NY. Join us for one of our weekly Feldenkrais classes, monthly workshops or a private session. Our limitations, what ever they are, are easily surpassed by improving our ability to sense ourselves in motion. A crucial part of what is needed in order to tap into creativity, enhance well-being, or improve the way we move through life—is an internal...

Offering personal and professional Feldenkrais Training Programs in Santa Fe, the Yucatan, and around the world. Serving performing artists, martial artists, athletes and those working with children affected by neurological conditions. Recently has been a transformative experience for me, I only wish I had had this kind of training at the start of my career! Having suffered several leg...

"When the human nervous system is engaged to organize us in unified action and self-expression, we go beyond the mere mechanics of joints and muscles. The results are often dramatic and quite delightful. This is true whether the task at hand is the rehabilitation of basic functions, the improvement of highly developed skills, or more complex improvements in the quality of our relationship to...

The day I woke up in such pain that I could hardly walk, I wrote to Marika before I made an appointment with my doctor. I had taken short Feldenkrais classes that she offered at church, and I always felt better afterwards. The doctor’s opinion was that my left hip joint was damaged enough for a hip replacement, after my decades of scoliosis, running, ballet, and other tortures. After 8 weeks of...

Feldenkrais Atlanta is the website of Guild Certified Feldenkrais Practitioner Louise Runyon. “Louise has an amazing perception of how the body works - or rather, how the body can be called back to a working mode from various dysfunctions, including overuse syndrome. As musicians we end up isolating and overusing muscles in our attempts to perfect small motions. My Feldenkrais lessons have...